Their defence was a mess and clearly did not relish playing against big strikers, while their inclination to give the ball away will surely be punished by the world's best.No one would bracket Wales in that category but they will have left the more satisfied side. Gareth Taylor, John Hartson and Simon Haworth missed relatively simple opportunities and Darren Barnard and Craig Bellamy had promising debuts. Put Ryan Giggs in this team and the difference would be dramatic, but more than one side could say that.This was a Wales home match although you had to check in the atlas to make sure. The streets around Ninian Park were awash with black, green and gold, the colours of Jamaica, while loudspeaker announcements had to be made to turn away those who did not have tickets. Substitutes: Henriksen (Akademisk Boldklub) for Maursen, h-t; Frandsen (Bolton) for Nielsen, 63; Jorgensen (Udinese) for Moller, 75; Goldbaek (FC Copenhagen) for B Laudrup, 80.Referee: D Gallagher (Banbury)..

Wales 0 Jamaica 0 THEY came with the promise of sunshine but delivered football in keeping with a wet night in Cardiff. Jamaica, the much trumpeted Reggae Boyz, played to a less uplifting beat at Ninian Park last night leaving Wales pondering gloomily that the visitors will be playing the World Cup finals this summer while they will be watching on television. Discipline allied to freedom was what Fitzroy Simpson had promised and neither was apparent. The goal had its origins in Dailly's attempt to use the ball constructively when Brown felt the situation demanded a clearance into Row Z.Michael Schjoenberg, another who benefited from the referee's tolerance, supplied the Rangers man, who beat Jim Leighton with characteristic aplomb from 18 yards.Denmark, counter-attacking briskly as Scotland bravely strove to compensate for the absence of Gary McAllister, ought to have doubled their advantage in the closing minutes. Martin Jorgensen, confronted by the advancing Andy Goram, shot wide, leaving the margin respectable but the size of Brown's task in no doubt.SCOTLAND (3-5-2): Leighton (Aberdeen); Elliott (Leicester), Hendry (Blackburn), Dailly (Derby); McNamara (Celtic), McKinlay (Blackburn), Calderwood (Tottenham), Gemmill (Nottingham Forest), Boyd (Celtic); Jackson (Celtic), Booth (Borussia Dortmund).

Indeed the former went missing altogether when Onandi Lowe was sent off nine minutes from time for elbowing Paul Trollope. So much for a showcase to display their talents."They're like Brazil, they like to play it through the middle," Bobby Gould, the Wales manager, said, "and against better opposition, on a good pitch, it will be interesting to see how they cope." On this evidence, where Wales would not have been flattered by a 3-0 win, not very well.Only the third team from the Caribbean to reach the World Cup finals, the impression Jamaica gave was that they will need to improve quickly if they are going to be anything but Group H also-rans at France 98.This was Jamaica's 15th match in a 27-game run-in to the World Cup, but rather than suggesting a coming together, weaknesses were exposed. He and his elder brother, Michael, had taken Scotland apart in a warm up match in Copenhagen before Euro 96, which doubtless explained why Brown deployed Colin Calderwood to track the Ajax player.Calderwood stuck manfully to his task, even if he was fortunate to escape the wrath of a lenient English referee for one crude challenge on his quarry. Substitutes: Goram (Rangers gk) for Leighton, h-t; Jess (Aberdeen) for Booth h-t; Weir (Heart of Midlothian) for McNamara 60; McCall (Rangers) for Gemmill, 70; Whyte (Aberdeen), Donnelly (Celtic) for Jackson, 75).DENMARK (3-4-1-2): Krogh (Brondby); Rieper (Celtic), Laursen (Derby), Schjoenberg (Kaiserslautern); Helveg (Udinese), Wieghorst (Celtic), Nielsen (Tottenham), Heintze (Bayer Leverkusen); M Laudrup (Ajax); Moeller (PSV Eindhoven), Brian Laudrup (Rangers). Scotland, however, had far greater difficulty in stifling the life in Brian.Laudrup Jnr's tendency to drift into deep positions before taking possession and running at the back three had already troubled the Scots before he scored in the 38th minute. Scotland created only two openings, Darren Jackson sending a free header over the bar following Christian Dailly's cross midway through the first half and Stuart McCall underlining a lively cameo with a drive that was deflected wide in the closing minutes.The interim period belonged to Brian Laudrup. I don't want to make excuses, but they were at full strength apart from Peter Scheimchel whereas we were without Collins, Gallacher, Burley and Lambert."Asked whether he felt the evening contained any pointers as to Scotland's prospects this summer, Brown said defiantly: "We confirmed that we will be very hard to beat, particularly against European opposition."For an event which marked the start of the national side's sponsorship by Scottish Gas, the contest never quite ignited although there were several combustible moments.